How do I search for a mail folder in Mail by name?

Rezbong wrote:

The answer is, use the "Help" menu search field, not the search window.

Posting this here in response to closed "Finding Folders in Mail" question elsewhere in which author said: "I have lots of folders and sub-folders in which I file emails. I can easily search for, and find, email messages in Mail's search window. But how do I find folders that are buried in other folders? I know the name of the folder I want, but I don't know where it's buried."

Yes! I had this problem. Alas, the solution wasn't in that other closed question. So I'm posting it here, in case others have the same issue.

It turns out the "Help" field gives you the folder locations and shows you the whole context, folders, subfolders. It's really cool.

The search field just helps you find emails. Each email also has a faded icon of a folder and name where the email resides, but alas, you can't simply click that icon to get to the folder.

But, "Help" does the job.

ref:

Search for emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

Rezbong wrote:

Who updates the page? I move they add a "to find folders, use the 'Help' menu search field".

Fun fact, if you hover over the results in the Help menu, it will pop open the Messages > Move to > and wherever your folder is in there panes and sub-panes.

Interesting, thx for posting.

You can submit your Apple Feedback direct to the product team: https://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html

This suggestion does not work. I verified it by also searching for a folder (mailbox) whose location I *do* know ... but using the Help search function doesn't find that folder/mailbox either.

Any other ideas?

Good tip.

So grateful for this life-saving (ok, let's just say "hugely helpful") post. Until now I had to resort to opening Terminal and using the Unix find command.

Where do I find the help menu?